Search results
Sep 14, 2023 · Stephen Parkinson, who recently retired as senior partner at law firm Kingsley Napley, will replace Max Hill KC from November as DPP and head of the Crown Prosecution Service, the government...
- Jane Croft
- Overview
- Note to Editors
- Stephen Parkinson Biography
Stephen Parkinson will be the new Director of Public Prosecutions and head of the Crown Prosecution Service the Attorney General has announced today.
Stephen Parkinson will be the new Director of Public Prosecutions and head of the Crown Prosecution Service the Attorney General has announced today.
Rt Hon Victoria Prentis KC MP selected Mr Parkinson following an open and transparent competition. It is expected that he will take up the appointment from 1 November for an initial term of five years. He will succeed the outgoing DPP, Max Hill KC.
The Attorney General Rt Hon Victoria Prentis KC MP said:
Stephen Parkinson brings a unique combination of legal expertise and public service at the highest levels, demonstrated most recently as Senior Partner at law firm Kingsley Napley LLP, and having spent numerous years in three of the Law Officers’ Departments: the Attorney General’s Office, Treasury Solicitor’s Department and as a prosecutor with the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) itself.
Stephen has had a stellar legal career both in and outside of government as well as experience of both prosecuting and defending. Combining this with his extensive track record of leadership, I have every confidence he will be a collaborative director and a principled and independent chief prosecutor. The public will rightly expect nothing less.
•As set out in the Criminal Justice Act 1987, the Attorney General appoints the DPP.
•The current DPP, Max Hill KC, will serve his full five-year term, which is due to end in October 2023.
Experience
Senior Partner, Kingsley Napley LLP 2018 - 2023 Head of Criminal Litigation Practice Area, Kingsley Napley 2006 - 2018 Deputy Legal Secretary (SCS, Grade 3) 1999 – 2003 Government Legal Department, Group Head, Litigation Division 1996-1999 Department of Trade and Industry – Assistant Solicitor 1992-1996 Crown Prosecution Service – Head of International Co-operation Unit 1991-1992
Education
University College London, LLB 1976 - 1979 Inns of Court School of Law, Barrister 1979 - 1980 Pupillage, 3 Temple Gardens 1980 - 1982 Qualified as Solicitor 2005
Biography
Stephen Parkinson is a practicing lawyer with a long and distinguished career which began in the CPS as a junior Prosecutor. He has most recently been Senior Partner at law firm Kingsley Napley LLP where he has represented a number of high-profile clients. His last 20 years as a defence lawyer have built on the skills and experience that he gained from his years working as a prosecutor, and he has developed an extensive practice advising on, or undertaking, investigations for organisations, companies and individuals which will be a strength in his role as DPP. He accumulated a wealth of experience in Government, including roles in the Treasury Solicitor’s Department, where he was responsible for most of the Government’s regulatory litigation, and also the Department of Trade and Industry, where he headed a team providing legal advice in live company investigations. In the CPS, he progressed from junior prosecutor to the head of the International Co-Operation Unit and also spent two periods in the Attorney General’s Office, with his last post being as deputy head of the department.
- Attorney General's Office
Mar 21, 2023 · Max Hill KC is stepping down as Director of Public Prosecutions later this year. The leading barrister, who took up the post for the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) in November 2018,...
Jan 2, 2024 · Max Hill, who stepped down as head of the CPS in October, was named Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath in the honours list for services to law and order.
Mar 4, 2024 · Details. Sir Max Hill KBC KC left his role as Director of Public Prosecutions for England and Wales in October 2023. King & Spalding LLP. Sir Max made an application for advice on joining...
May 17, 2023 · The recruitment campaign to find the next Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) has launched today, the Attorney General, Rt Hon Victoria Prentis KC MP has announced. The current DPP,...
People also ask
Who will replace Max Hill KC?
Who is Sir Max Hill KBC KC?
Who is Max Hill?
Sir Max Benjamin Rowland Hill KCB KC (born 1964) is a British barrister. He served as the Director of Public Prosecutions for England and Wales, succeeding Alison Saunders for a five-year term from 1 November 2018. [1]
